Jazz Guitar Education Misconceptions - What Beginners Should Know

[@DenisChangMusic]

Hey everyone! Thanks for checking out my content! If you want to support me, be sure to check out DC Music School (link in description); the end of year sale is happening now! Also, as I was editing this video, I realized there was something I really wanted to say that I think is very important. I hinted at it but didn't explicitly say it: your favorite musicians are not "perfect" improvisers, you will find little things here and there. Just like in day to day speech, we don't speak perfectly like a robot, we have our "uh" and "um", hesitations, etc. Practice well, practice "with perfection", but when you're out there, just do your best and learn to live with whatever "mistake" might occur. We should definitely try to avoid major noticeable mistakes, but learn to play without hesitation so as to not make the mistakes too noticeable. As someone who has transcribed or supervised over 1000 jazz solos (yes, it's true), I've noticed it time and time again. These are generally things you don't notice when you listen for fun, but when you do what I did, you start to realize all these little imperfections here and there. It was said that Coltrane practiced really hard before recording Giant Steps; the story is known that he was the most prepared musician during the recording session. However, if you check out his solo, there are moments here and there where he missed the changes. You will only notice this if you analyze the solo with a magnifying glass. When you listen to the recording, you're not likely to notice it and therefore, it's not a big deal. When you check out your favorite players, and there are notes that really don't make sense. It could be that it was a substitution, or it could very well be that it was just a mistake! Things happen! Speaking of Giant Steps, go look up recordings of the best players playing this tune. Listen to live recordings vs studio recordings. Transcribe the solos, you may find out that in live recordings (especially fan captured live recordings of gigs), there are far more "missed changes" than in studio recordings! People might prepare very hard for the studio, but in a real live situation, anything goes! So please remember this when you're on stage, and don't be yourself up too much over little things here and there. I've actually seen people cry after for making too many mistakes even though to my ears, everything sounded alright... It's not a big deal. Go home and practice hard! That's it!

[@dangfd551]

I like your connections between spoken language and music. It’s a good mindset and way to learn.

[@lu0nline]

Hi Denis, thanks for the video. I started learning music as an adult, and more recently Japanese, too. Your playing and words are of great inspiration. It's a blessing to learn from you!

[@Landon.Skalsky]

for the algorithm 🙏. this channel rocks!

[@michaelmagsino9700]

Hi Denis, thank you for your advice and content. Subscribed

[@marcelloestemiele]

As usual, very useful video, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 🙏

[@Natyelvertonmusictuition]

Excellent video! But I believe a term Dorian goes back for a millenia

[@DenisChangMusic]

@@Natyelvertonmusictuition the term was not used in jazz circles under its current definition until well after the 1970s or so

[@Natyelvertonmusictuition]

@@DenisChangMusic I agree with that statement. However what I was alluding to was the fact the 'Dorian' is a historical term that's been discussed by European 'Classical' theoreticians for hundreds of years.

[@lequanganh3306]

Can you make a video about your book? Please

[@DenisChangMusic]

Which book? I’ve probably made many videos about them lol

[@monangsetyawan]

Curious about the Fly Me thing. The EbDim7 is sub for G7, no? G7 can be subbed with Bdim7, which can be subbed with EbDim7 (for voice leading).

[@DenisChangMusic]

Hello, if you write down the notes, u’ll notice that Ebdim (or D#dim) doesn’t match the notes of Bdim :-) . It’s a different function, but functionally it D#dim voice leads well to Em. I’ve made quite a few videos about this chord in my channel. It can be analyzed a few different ways. Look up the term “common tone diminished” in classical music. Another way to interpret it, is to think of it as B7 going to Em.

[@monangsetyawan]

You're absolutely right, I was off-by-one fret on my imaginary guitar! Thanks for shedding the light on this, diminished world is very fascinating!

[@ethanskalsky3963]

Algorithm bless thee

[@benoitbiron]

Japprecie comment naturellement tu t'es mis a choruser avec la gentille npc reflexe de musicien

[@MrXeberdee]

I would like to see someone teach a child how to speak, by learning them the alphabet. Why musicians and schools insist on teaching fundamental scales to learn harmony and music mystifies me. It took me years to get over music college. All it does is lock you in a cage. The movement from one chord to the next creates meaning and direction- it can be anything, and the beauty is in the way the melody cements the change together and pushes it towards the next change. Scales and diatonic sets are the wrong way to look at it, and if you discover what works, you will eventually discover those sets, but along the way you will have discovered so much more, and be way more complete and understandable to an audience.

[@jfar3340]

If these people are NPCs, you are the invicible tutorial guidemaster that we can fight endlessly to learn new skills

[@DenisChangMusic]

I give good EXP

[@ATX0705]

Denis, by any chance, are your "Jazz Manouche" DVDs you released years ago available to purchase, by DVD or download? Or are they available for download via the DC Music School?

[@zakmartel3022]

Yeah, those are on DC Music School

[@DenisChangMusic]

Those DVDs I did for Hyperhip have nothing to do with DC Music School , but the stuff in DC Music School or on Soundslice is far better IMO . Much more updated!

[@zakmartel3022]

@@DenisChangMusic Aw sorry about that, I was thinking of the dvds you did with Stochelo.

[@DenisChangMusic]

@@zakmartel3022aw yeah, I purchased the rights to that only ! I paid in monopoly money.. I got ripped off

[@ATX0705]

@DenisChangMusic Thanks a bunch for that heads up Denis!